Islamic Civil Rights Group Files FOIA Request On Radiation Monitoring

[kpete]

CAIR Files FOIA Request on Radiation Monitoring of Muslim Sites


In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAIR FILES FOIA REQUEST ON RADIATION MONITORING OF MUSLIM SITES
Request seeks list of Muslim homes, businesses, mosques targeted under secret program

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/27/05) - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced the filing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all government records relating to a secret government program that monitored the radiation levels at more than 100 Muslim homes, businesses and mosques in the capital region and in other areas nationwide.

According to an exclusive online article by U.S. News & World Report:

"In search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, the federal government since 9/11 has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim sites in the Washington, D.C., area, including mosques, homes, businesses, and warehouses, plus similar sites in at least five other cities, U.S. News has learned. In numerous cases, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search warrants or court orders were ever obtained, according to those with knowledge of the program. Some participants were threatened with loss of their jobs when they questioned the legality of the operation, according to these accounts. . . No dirty bombs or nuclear devices have ever been found - and that includes the post-9/11 program. 'There were a lot of false positives, and one or two were alarming,' says one source. 'But in the end we found nothing.'"

http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=1931&theType=NR

[BushOut06]

1. And the house of cards continues to fall apart

I think Bush has been watching 24 a little too much, maybe he really thinks he is Jack Bauer.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I guess we Muslims are to expect to be treated so

they are treating Muslims that go to a conference in Toronto as terror suspects when they return, even though CAIR, I believe, asked a court that only those individuals who are perceived as a potential threat be treated so. A judge said no, all of them were to be treated like terror suspects. (Though I would bet the ones who are singled out are the Muslims with brown skin-you know, the ones who "look Muslim".)

I hope CAIR gets the information they are after, and that a judge finally decides that people should be looked at individually and not profiled. But then, I don't know if I hold out much hope, as any African American can tell you about being pulled over for DWB-Driving While Black.

[lostexpectation]

3. whats this story?

they are treating Muslims that go to a conference in Toronto as terror suspects when they return, even though CAIR,

[BushOut06]

4. I remember reading something like that

Forget when it was, but I vaguely recall hearing something to that effect.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. It was reported here a day or two ago,

but not in the Islam/Muslim group. However, there was a thread about a travel advisory from CAIR that was posted before the conference. You can read about it at this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=359x85